The Latest Breaking News from Charter Schools

Florida’s board of education has signed off on a major expansion of charter schools in the state

"The Supreme Court has recently confirmed that the Free Exercise Clause does not prohibit a state from providing 'a strictly secular education in its public schools'"—and, the court held, that extends to California charter schools and their parental "home-based direct instruction approved by the school and coordinated, evaluated, and supervised…

A new poll finds few Americans support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools

A bill to reduce how much Pennsylvania school districts have to pay for cyber charter students is advancing in the state Legislature

In April 2025, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the nation’s first religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would have been funded by taxpayer money but run by a local archdiocese and diocese. Several justices appeared open to the idea…

Justices’ 4-4 ruling leaves intact lower court’s decision that blocked establishment of Oklahoma school

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, in what could be the most consequential case for public education since the court started requiring schools to desegregate in the years following Brown v. Board of Education.

Oklahoma case is part of a broader push to erode separation of church and state, and a test of role of religion in schools

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school